If you are driving in upstate New York, there’s a good chance you’ll see deer crossing the road. The Google Street View car did just that and more, while recording it all on their 360 degree cameras. Google responded to the incident as follows:
“Gathering the imagery for Street View requires quite a bit of driving; as such, we take safety very seriously. Unfortunately, accidents do happen — as some people have noticed, one of our Street View cars hit a deer while driving on a rural road in upstate New York. Due to several user requests these images are no longer available in Street View. “
“The driver was understandably upset, and promptly stopped to alert the local police and the Street View team at Google. The deer was able to move and had left the area by the time the police arrived.”
The screen shots below were grabbed before Google took them down.
